6/24/10

I used to think I had a pretty good sized vocabulary, but since moving to NZ I feel a bit inadequate with terribly English words. This is a fort a redoubt in the tiny town of Manaia in Taranaki. The tower stands in the middle and there are two little white shelters with holes for shooting at the enemy. There was a fence surrounding the area inside the trench .

Inside the white building. Looks like they could close the holes from the inside.

6/12/10

Having never lived by the coast--in fact, Kansas is about as far from any coast as you can get in the US--I never was exposed to such beauty as sea shells or abalone paua shells. Now, we pick up a few now and then to decorate the yard garden. Click here for some information on the paua industry in NZ